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'IY J. SHIPLEY AND W. A. MOODY,l OF MONTEZUMA,. IOWA.

Letters Potent No. 69,712, dated October 8, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-GOLLARS.

'10 ALL WHOM- IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that we, T. J. SHIPLEY land WA. MOODY, of Montezuma, in thecounty of Poweshiek, and' State of Iowa, have invented a. .new anduseful Improvement in Horse-Collars; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, andv exact description thereof, which willenable others' skilled in the art to make and use the sai-me, referencebeing had tothea'eoompanying drawings forming parte? this specification.

This invention relates to en improvement in horse-collars, and consistsin a rubber spring adjusted in s. hollow pad or shoe, end` attached tothe sides o f the collar, which is disconnected at bottom by hooksscrewing into` the walls of the collur- In thevaccompanying drawings- AFigure 1l is an end view of our improved horse-collar, with part brokenaway to show our improvement in section, and v Figure `2` a top view ofthe connecting spring as inserted in its shoe.

Similar letters of reference indicateV like ports.l

Aiis the collar;l B, the shoe onhollow pad, in which the India-rubbersprings .C are secured, having hooks d at their ends to attach. in holee in the wall of the collar A.

We claim frs new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent The hollow podB, fitting ovei and securing, the ends of horse-colloi's, said padhaving upon its inside the longitudinal rubber springs C, which springst over the ends of the colla-i', andere` secured to the outside of' thewalls in holes e by means of the hooks d, as herein shown and described.

T. J. SHIPLEY,

.W A. MOODY.

Witnesses: R. W. LAI-CHEM, WILLIAM MOODY.

